Gordon Cooper Astronaut Family
Leroy gordon cooper jr.
Gordon cooper astronaut family. In 1963 he made the last and longest mercury flight of more than one day. Completed his high school education. Cooper received an honorary doctorate of science from oklahoma state university in 1967.
And hattie lee cooper. During the 34 hours and 20 minutes. Gordon cooper one of the original seven mercury astronauts.
Trudy cooper wife of astronaut gordon cooper portrayed by eloise mumford considers her own future in flight in the fifth episode of national geographics the right stuff disney mercury astronaut wally schirra portrayed by aaron staton talks with a representative from convair at a reception in san diego in the fifth episode of. Was born on march 6 1927 in shawnee oklahoma the only child of leroy gordon cooper sr. After the war cooper sr.
February 19 1927 hometown. And his wife hattie lee nee herd. Hattie lee was one of his teachers although she was only two years older than him.
His father enlisted in the united states navy during world war i and served on the presidential yacht uss mayflower. In 1965 he flew on gemini 5 for eight days setting a new spaceflight record and became the first person to go into orbit twice. On may 15 and 16 1963 he piloted the faith 7 spacecraft on a 22 orbit mission which concluded the operational phase of project mercury.
As a veteran ww ii air force pilot he was a member of the original first seven selected as a mercury astronaut in april 1959. His dad was a lawyer in shawnee and his gordons familys story plays a very important part of young gordons fabric. Gordon cooper husband janita cooper daughter camala cooper daughter romances.
He had four daughters camala keoki cooper tharpe and janita lee cooper stone both from his first marriage along with elizabeth jo and colleen taylor from his second marriage. Leroy gordon cooper jr. His mother was a school teacher.
The senior cooper left high school in the middle of his senior year. Was born in shawnee oklahoma on the 6th of march 1927 to leroy gordon cooper sr. Rene carpenter louise shepard betty grissom marge slayton annie glenn jo schirra.
Nasa administrator sean okeefe called cooper a hero to millions of america at the memorial service at the johnson space center in houston. Like in the tv series the right stuff true story reveals that gordon cooper had a prolonged affair with a married woman.